Improvement in grain-drills



S. JOLLY.

Seed-Planter.

Patented Nov. 10; 1863v w mw f W/m/z'ssm/ ZM N-FETERS. PHOTO L THOGRAPNUNiTnn STATES ATENT 'lFFllQE.

SAMUEL JOLLY, OF RIPLEY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN GRAIN-DRILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,565. dated November10, 1363.

To (055 whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that l, SAMUEL JOLLY, of Hipley, in the county of Brown andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSeedingMachines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of machines designed to be used inplanting wheat or other grain between rows of standing corn. They areusually expansible, so as to be adjustable to spaces between rows ofgreater or less distance apart.

My improvements consist in the device for operating the feeding-slides;also in the use of graduating-slides for regulating the discharge ofseed; also in the device for disengaging the feed-slides and temporarilysuspending the discharge of seed while the machine is in motion. v

I will now proceed to describe the machine in detail.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the completemachine. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation, the part lettered A, Fig. 1,being removed. Fig. 3is a sectional elevation of one of the feed-boxes,showing the feedslides, graduated slides, and the apertures throughwhich seed is fed to the ground.

Like letters indicate like parts in the (litterent drawings.

A B O are three seed-boxes, the center box, O, being carried by thecentral beam, D, in the line of draft, and the other two being pivotedto the main beam at a a, and expanding laterly therefrom in oppositedirections like two parts of a triangular harrow. These two parts areadjustable to any convenient angle, giving greater or less width to thetrack of the ma chine and enabling it to be adapted to the space betweenthe rows which are being seeded This is accomplished by a double crank,b, shaft 0, and handle (I. The two parts of the double crank areconnected by rods 0 c with the base or supporting-beam of the seed-boxesA C, respectively. By rotating the handle (I in an appropriate directionthe after ends of A and C may be expanded or contracted, as will appear;and when properly adjusted the hair dle d may be dropped into one of thenotches fin the cross-bar g and the parts will be held in place.

E is a traction-wheel. It h are cranks carried by the same.

M are pitmen, constructed and operating like a cam-rod.

j is a crossbar, with which the pitmen t are connected.

Resting 011 the bottom of each of the seedboxes, as represented in Fig.3, is a feed-slide, 7s, which covers the apertures m at, through whichseed is fed to the ground. On the i111- der side of these feed-slidesare oblique transverse channels or grooves a n, and in the verticalsides of the feed-slides grooves or notches 0 0 are formed. These serveto convey small quantities of seed back and forth over the apertures inm, and cause the prescribed quantity to escape to the ground, as willmore fully appear hereinafter. p p are thin metal slides,v graduated asat q q, Fig. 1. These slides are adapted to the apertures, and may beadjusted to contract or expand them at pleasure. The graduations (1 onthe slide are made relatively to the number of peeks of grain to an acreof ground, so that by setting the slides appropriately any desirednumber of peeks may be sown upon each acre.

0- r, &e., are connecting-rods attached to the feed-slides 7t, and,extending through openings in the forward end of theseed-boxes, areattached to cross-bar j.

s is a metal U-shaped piece hinged at its base to central beam, D, andwith lateral projections acting against under side of pitmen 1 1'.

t is a rod extending back to the after part of the machine andterminating in a handle, by which the operator is enabled to rotate a,with which its forward end is connected, as represented, and by thismeans elevate the pit'men 4i i and disengage them from crosspiece j, andthus'for the time being suspend the action of the feed-slides and thedischarge of seed from the boxes. The rod '6 maybe 0perated by a leverconnected appropriately, and extending up to a more convenient positionfor the operator, if desired.

ea, &c., are hollow teeth, made in the usual manner, through the centerof which seed falls to the ground and is covered with earth.

a 0 are handles by which the operator guides and controls the machine,and in is a clevis to which the team is attached.

Having fully described my invention, what rod t, for disengaging'tliepitinen from the cross I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettersbar j and temporarily suspending the deliver Patent, is the following:of seed, as herein described.

1. The combination and arralwement 0f the M J 1 T slides k, cross-bar j,pitmen '0 ifand cranks h AMULL JOLLS h, as and for the purposespecified. W'itnesses:

2. I11 combination with the pitinen 1T '1 the \VM. ARMSTRONG,

I arrangement of the U shaped piece 3 and hand HENRY SIDWELL.

